Spur.



T. W. S. PARSONS.

SPUR.

APPLIGATION FILED JUNE 17 Patented Mar. 2, 1915.

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THOMAS w. s. reasons, or TERRACE, BRITISH COLUMBIA, CANADA.

SPUR.

Application filed June 17, 1913.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, THoMAs W. S. PAR- SONS, subject of the King of Great Britain, residing at Terrace, Province of British Columbia, Dominion of Canada, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Spurs, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to riding spurs.

It is a well-known fact that after a spur has been in use for a short time the shoe to which it is applied will become stained or discolored, due to the rubbing of the spur against the leather. Particularly is this true where the shoe is of tan leather. Furthermore, unless the inner side of the arch of the spur is rounded, the leather is liable to become worn or scratched.

The present invention, therefore, has as its primary aim to provide a spur, the arch of which will not in any way mar or injure the shoe-heel to which the spur is applied. This aim is accomplished by providing the arch of the spur with a lining and this invention aims to disclose a lining which may be readily fixed in place and readily re moved and replaced when it becomes worn.

For a full understanding of the invention reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is a perspective view of a spur equipped with one of the lining structures embodying the present invention. Fig. 2 is a vertical transverse sectional View through one side of the arch thereof illustrating the manner in which the lining is mounted, the lining, however, being omitted for the sake of clearness. Fig. 3 is a view similar to Fig. 2, but illustrating the lining in place. Fig. 1 is a view similar to Fig. 3 but illustrating a slight modification of the invention.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following description and indicated in all the views of the accompanying drawing by the same reference characters.

In the drawing the arch of the spur is indicated by the numeral 1, the strap-loops at the ends of the arch by the numeral 2, the shank by the numeral 3, and the rowel by the numeral 4.

In that form of the invention shown in Figs. 1, 2 and 3 of the drawing, the principles of the invention are illustrated as embodied in the structure of the spur at the Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Mar. 2, 1915.

Serial No. 774,161.

time of its manufacture, whereas in the form shown in Fig. 4 of the drawing the lining is in the nature of an attachment for the ordinary spur. and 3 of the drawing, the arch 1 of the spur is formed continuously along its inner side with an unobstructed clove-tailed groove 5 extending the entire length thereof. This groove accommodates a support or backing for the lining and this support is preferably made from thin resilient metal and includes a back 6 and sides 7, the said sides being inclined toward each other at an angle to the back so as to conform to the inclination of the side walls of the dove-tailed groove 5. The lining itself is indicated in general by the numeral 8 and is preferably of felt, although it may be of any other material suitable for the purpose. The body portion of the lining is flat upon its inner side and in itself is in the nature of a strip of a length corresponding to the length of the groove 5. Upon its back the lining 6 is formed or provided with a bead 9 which is preferably of the same material as the body portion of the lining and this bead 9 may be formed initially of suchcross-sectional shape as to fit within the channel formed between the walls of the backing member 6, or the entire length of the lining may be initially in the form of a flat sided strip, and the material of one side may be crowded into the said channel of the backing member. In any event, the bead snugly As shown in Figs. 1, 2

fits within the said channel and after it has I cover substantially the entire inner face of the arch 1, for the purpose before stated.

In that form of the invention shown in Fig. 4 of the drawing, and as before stated, the principles of the invention are embodied in an attachment applicable to spurs of the ordinary form, and this attachment consists of a channeled backing member 10, of the same form as the member 6, previously clescribed, which is provided at intervals in its length with clips 11, each preferably in the nature of a strip of metal secured intermediate its ends to the bottom wall of the channeled backing member 10 and having its ends above and below the upper and lower edges of the said backing member bent outwardly and laterally upon itself as indicated at 12, so as to provide fingers adapted to engage over the upper and lower edges of the arch l of the spur. In this form of the invention the attachment may be applied either by snapping the fingers over the said edges of the arch or they may be properly positioned by sliding the attachmentonto the arch.

It will be observed that the lining in this form of the invention, indicated at 18, is slit, as indicated at let, so as to receive the side walls of the channeled backing member 10.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new is l. The combination with the arch of a sour, of a lining therefor and a flexible backing member for the lining removably fitted to the inner side of the arch.

2. The combination with the arch of a spur, of a channeled flexible backing member removably fitted to the inner side of the arch, and a lining having a bead portion fitted within the channeled backing member.

3. The combination with the arch of a spur, the said arch being formed in its inner side with a groove extending the entire length thereof and of dove-tailed form, of a flexible channeled backing member removably fitted within the groove, and a lining for the arch having a bead extending longitudinally thereof and fitting Within the channeled backing member.

4. The combination with the arch of aspur, of a flexible backing member removably fitted to the inner face of the arch, and a lining removably fitted within the back ing member.

5. The combination with a spur arch having a dove-tailed groove extending throughout the entire length of its inner face, of a flexible channeled backing member removably fitted Within the groove, a lining for the arch and a bead extending longitudinally of the lining and received within the backing member In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

THOMAS lV. S. PARSONS. [L. s.]

Witnesses:

S. A. EBY, E. H. MCKEEN.

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